Name | Bettws Newydd |
Alt names | Betws Newydd | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Chapelry, Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.75°N 2.927°W |
Located in | Monmouthshire, Wales ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Gwent, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales (1996 - ) |
See also | Rhaglan Hundred, Monmouthshire, Wales | lordship in which it was located | | Abergavenny Rural, Monmouthshire, Wales | rural district in which it was located 1894-1935 | | Llanarth Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1935 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Bettws Newydd (Welsh: Betws Newydd) is a small village in the unitary authority of Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales located about 3 1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of Usk and a few miles south of Clytha near Raglan, Monmouthshire. Before 1974 it was a civil parish in the historic county of Monmouthshire.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Bettws Newydd.
In 1935, in a move to reduce the number of parishes within Abergavenny Rural District, Bettws Newydd was absorbed into the civil parish of Llanarth Fawr.
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Categories: Monmouthshire, Wales | Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire, Wales | Rhaglan Hundred, Monmouthshire, Wales | Abergavenny Rural, Monmouthshire, Wales | Llanarth Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales | Gwent, Wales | Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales
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